On Sept. 6, 2024, Lev'Veon became the first child in Michigan to get a total artificial heart, and he is possibly the ...

In Nature Neuroscience, UConn School of Medicine researchers have revealed a new scientific clue that could unlock the key cellular pathway leading to devastating neurodegenerative diseases like ...

Haemolytic disease of the fetus and newborn (HDFN) occurs when there is transplacental passage of maternal immunoglobulin G ...

California team applied machine learning to evaluate protein levels in human blood samples. They focused on 11 key organs, organ systems or tissues, including the brain, heart, lung, kidney ...

Helminths, including nematodes, cestodes and trematodes, are complex parasitic organisms that infect at least one billion people globally living in extreme poverty. Helminthic infections are ...

The study in the European Respiratory Journal used advanced spatial mapping techniques to compare healthy lung tissues and tissues from patients with fatal IPF. The researchers discovered that disease ...

BACKGROUND: Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) has become the most prevalent type of heart failure, but ...

Within hours of stopping, carbon monoxide levels in the blood drop to normal, while lung function starts improving within weeks. The healing continues for years as the body repairs damaged tissue.

Coronavirus disease disrupts the ability of lung tissue to repair itself and can lead to debilitating long COVID. Now, researchers have found a drug that could reverse the damage. In May 2023 ...